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Gilbert Koomson
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward / Winger
Team information
Current team
 Brann
Number 7
Youth career
2008–2010 Ajax Accra FC
2011 BEC Tero Sasana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 BEC Tero Sasana 46 (7)
2013 → Samut Songkhram (loan) 12 (6)
2013 → Sogndal (loan) 7 (0)
2016–2017 Sogndal 54 (10)
2018– Brann 67 (11)
International career‡
2009–2010 Ghana U16 7 (2)
2011 Ghana U17 3 (0)
2015 Ghana U23
2016 Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2015

Gilbert Koomson (born 9 September 1994 in Accra) is a Ghanaian football player. He is a midfielder who currently plays in the Norwegian Premier League for SK Brann and the Ghana national team.

Club career

He is a midfielder and played for BEC Tero Sasana in the Thai FA Youth Cup and also being call to Ghana national under-17 football team.

Previously, he spent time in the Ajax Accra F.C. in Ghana. Stoke City called him to go on trial but he had a problem with a visa and thus was unable to earn a work permit. He came to Thailand to improve his career of professional footballer under the guidance and recommendation from BEC Tero Sasana Technical Director Peter Butler, (Ex West Ham United) who was coaching Koomson while he was guest coaching at the Manchester City academy in Accra Ghana.

Koomson went to European football when signing for Sogndal in Norway. After two seasons at Sogndal, Koomson signed for Brann ahead of the 2018-season.[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 August 2020[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Samutsongkhram (loan) 2013 T1 12 6 0 0 – 12 6
Total 12 6 0 0 - - 12 6
Sogndal (loan) 2013 Tippeligaen 7 0 0 0 – 7 0
Total 7 0 0 0 - - 7 0
Police Tero 2014 T1 26 6 0 0 – 26 6
2015 20 1 0 0 – 20 1
Total 46 7 0 0 - - 46 7
Sogndal 2016 Tippeligaen 28 3 3 0 – 31 3
2017 Eliteserien 28 7 3 1 – 31 8
Total 56 10 6 1 - - 62 11
Brann 2018 Eliteserien 30 1 2 0 – 32 1
2019 25 2 2 0 2 0 29 2
2020 12 8 0 0 – 12 8
Total 67 11 4 0 2 0 73 11
Career total 188 34 10 1 2 0 200 35


International career

Koomson was called up to the senior Ghana side for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uganda in October 2016.[3] In 2016, Koomson debuted for Ghana against South Africa.

References

  1. ^ "Koomson klar for Brann: Har landet på Gran Canaria" [Oomson ready for Fire: Has landed on Gran Canaria] (in Norwegian). bt.no. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Gilbert Koomson". altomfotball.no. tv2. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Gilbert Koomson, Inusah Musah called up as Avram Grant names squad for Uganda clash". myjoyonline.com. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.


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